skirt
- Museum number
- Oc2001,03.1
- Description
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"Grass" skirt, made of beaten strands of pandanus (?). Dyed predominantly yellow, with two concentric diamond designs in pink, green and purple. on top part of skirt. Purple border. looped and tied over a coconut fibre string waistband. The skirt is rolled and wrapped in a strap of pandanus leaf for easy storage.
- Production date
- 1999
- Dimensions
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Length: 113 centimetres
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Width: 112 centimetres (including ties)
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Width: 82.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 2001
- Acquisition notes
- Given to Dr Lissant Bolton, of the Department of Ethnography, BM, in return for gifts she gave in 1998 to Korisa's son, Smol Robert (who Lissant had named).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2001,03.1